Definition of Synonymous

1. Adjective. (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same.

Similar to: Similar, Substitutable
Antonyms: Antonymous
Derivative terms: Synonym, Synonymity, Synonymousness

Definition of Synonymous

1. a. Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.

Definition of Synonymous

1. Adjective. (context: construed with '''with''') having a similar meaning ¹

2. Adjective. (context: construed with '''with''') of, or being a synonym ¹

3. Adjective. (genetics of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synonymous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonymous

synonymic
synonymical
synonymicon
synonymicons
synonymies
synonymification
synonymist
synonymists
synonymities
synonymity
synonymize
synonymized
synonymizes
synonymizing
synonymless
synonymous (current term)
synonymously
synonymousness
synonyms
synonymy
synophrys
synophthalmia
synopses
synopsis
synopsize
synopsized
synopsizes
synopsizing
synoptic
synoptic climatology

Literary usage of Synonymous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"Growth synonymous Where one conveyed to another "all the j timber and growth of timber" on certain land, with the privilege of at all times entering on the ..."

2. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Melville Madison Bigelow (1893)
"I. On construing Survivor as synonymous with Other. 1. Survivor if unexplained is construed strictly 1500 2. Effect of Gift over .... 1608 3. ..."

3. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Delinquency and Abnormality not synonymous. § 4. Scheme of Presentation. § 5. Practical Aspects of the Study. § 6. To Whom this Study Should Appeal. § 7. ..."

4. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Delinquency and Abnormality not synonymous. § 4. Scheme of Presentation. § 5. Practical Aspects of the Study. § 6. To Whom this Study Should Appeal. § 7. ..."

5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"synonymous, binary- (or, quaternary-) ternary. Understanding, lit. heart ... synonymous, ternary (or, binary-ternary). The couplet is a variation of va, ..."

6. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman (1844)
"2. Words of Distribution and Modification inconsistent with an Estate Tail. 3. Clear Words of Explanation. Issue synonymous with Sons and Children. 4. ..."

7. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Melville Madison Bigelow (1881)
"Clear Words of Ei/Jana- lion, — Issue synonymous with Sons and Children. 6. Devise oner in case of failure of Issue at the Death. ..."

8. The Four Gospels Translated from the Greek, with Preliminary Dissertations by George Campbell (1837)
"INQUIRY INTO THE DIFFERENCES IN THE IMPORT OF SOME WORDS COMMONLY THOUGHT synonymous. SEVERAL words in the New Testament considered by our translators as ..."

9. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Leopold George Gordon Robbins, Melville Madison Bigelow (1893)
"I. On construing Survivor as synonymous with Other. 1. Survivor if unexplained is construed strictly 1500 2. Effect of Gift over .... 1608 3. ..."

10. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"Road synonymous. In a complaint alleging that the complainant had been for a ... Roadway synonymous. While the term "right of way" is generally used to ..."

11. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Delinquency and Abnormality not synonymous. § 4. Scheme of Presentation. § 5. Practical Aspects of the Study. § 6. To Whom this Study Should Appeal. § 7. ..."

12. The Individual Delinquent: A Text-book of Diagnosis and Prognosis for All by William Healy (1915)
"Delinquency and Abnormality not synonymous. § 4. Scheme of Presentation. § 5. Practical Aspects of the Study. § 6. To Whom this Study Should Appeal. § 7. ..."

13. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"synonymous, binary- (or, quaternary-) ternary. Understanding, lit. heart ... synonymous, ternary (or, binary-ternary). The couplet is a variation of va, ..."

14. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman (1844)
"2. Words of Distribution and Modification inconsistent with an Estate Tail. 3. Clear Words of Explanation. Issue synonymous with Sons and Children. 4. ..."

15. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Melville Madison Bigelow (1881)
"Clear Words of Ei/Jana- lion, — Issue synonymous with Sons and Children. 6. Devise oner in case of failure of Issue at the Death. ..."

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